Ferit Edgü

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Ferit Edgü (1936–2024) was a Turkish writer of contemporary fiction. He wrote short stories, poems, novels, screenplays, and essays. Born in Istanbul, he worked as a teacher in eastern Turkey in the 1960s. Those years influenced his work, including The Wounded Age and Eastern Tales. His writing often explored the long history of state violence in Eastern Turkey and its impact on Kurdish people. His novel A Season in Hakkari was made into a film that won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, but was banned in Turkey. He won the Sait Faik Literature Prize for the short story Bir Gemide (A Ship).